Lower Cape Fear LifeCare

Per Diem

• Provide direct patient care to patients with life-limiting illnesses, from infants through geriatric patients
• Utilize the Nursing Process—including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation—to manage each patient’s Plan of Care
• Provide patient and family education to support comfort and care
• Document and communicate required information according to agency policies, accreditation, regulations, and legal requirements
• Demonstrate competency in end-of-life care
• Delegate patient care duties to Nursing Assistants
• Directly supervise the Hospice Aide
• Work independently while managing hospice patient care
• Organize and perform work effectively and efficiently
• Maintain and adjust schedules to support team performance
• Demonstrate positive interpersonal relations and promote customer satisfaction
• Continue annual personal development to enhance nursing practice and the profession
• Demonstrate Lower Cape Fear LifeCare’s mission, vision, and values
• Perform other duties as assigned

RN – Inpatient, Per Diem Overnights

Manager

• Assist with management of daily patient care activities and clinical operations
• Ensure agency, accreditation, regulatory, and legal requirements are met in assigned geographic areas
• Schedule and assign staff to enhance quality and maximize resource consumption
• Facilitate the Interdisciplinary Team process and chair IDT meetings
• Coordinate the interdisciplinary Plan of Care
• Assist with utilization review for admission, eligibility, and recertification appropriateness
• Collaborate with the Resource Department to ensure optimum patient care after admission
• Assure quality outcomes for patients and families
• Foster employee satisfaction and professional growth
• Assist the Director of Patient Care Services in achieving positive financial outcomes
• Continue annual personal development
• Organize and perform work effectively and efficiently
• Maintain and adjust schedules to enhance team performance
• Demonstrate positive interpersonal relations and promote customer satisfaction
• Uphold Lower Cape Fear LifeCare’s mission, vision, and values
• Directly oversee and supervise hospice aides
• Perform other duties as assigned

Clinical Nurse Manager

Nurse

• Serve as the first clinical connection for patients and families beginning hospice services
• Conduct assessments and coordinate care in patients' homes or other care facilities
• Collaborate with external medical professionals and referral sources to organize and complete hospice admissions
• Build relationships with referral partners to streamline admissions and increase awareness of services
• Coordinate with transport companies and durable medical equipment providers
• Complete initial assessments and plan-of-care documentation during admission visits
• Document hospice eligibility based on clinical criteria, including uncontrolled pain, advanced disease symptoms, and declining condition
• Educate and support caregivers and family members about end-of-life expectations, medications, symptom management, and changes in condition
• Complete real-time documentation for accuracy and compliance
• Coordinate care with the Interdisciplinary Team, including physicians, nurse practitioners, RNs, social workers, chaplains, and CNAs
• Communicate and carry out admission orders from nurse practitioners and physicians

RN – Inpatient, Per Diem Overnights

Clinical Nurse Manager

Hospice Admissions Nurse